Unfortunately, it appears former President Donald Trump has fallen from the Forbes Magazine list of the top 400 richest Americans. And while this may be a loss financially, its viewed as an accomplishment by many of his supporters, as it shows he’s one of the few US politicians who didn’t make himself even more wealthy while serving in office.
Far from being a setback, this news should be viewed as a badge of honor showing that President Trump still stands on his own two feet and has not used his office for personal enrichment.
What does the Trump family business actually do versus the Biden family business?
(Or the Pelosi or Feinstein family business?)
With Trump, you can visit it, touch it, meet the people who work there (and they all seem to love their job). It’s pretty straightforward.
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— Chadwick Moore (@Chadwick_Moore) October 3, 2023
On Tuesday, Forbes released its latest list noting that the cutoff to qualify for the list had reached a record-high $2.9 billion in personal wealth. Tesla and X (formerly Twitter) chief Elon Musk ranked in at number one with $251 billion, despite setting last year what Guinness World Records deemed as losing more money than any human being in history by losing $182 billion since 2021.
Other top five spots are taken up by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos ($161 billion), Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison ($158 billion), investor Warren Buffet ($121 billion), and now former Google chief Larry Page ($114 billion).
Alice Walton ($66.5 billion) and Julia Koch ($59.8 billion) of the Koch Industries family were first women to appear on this year’s list at numbers 14 and 15 respectively.
He’s lost so much money. Never took a salary as President. Been attacked relentlessly. He was already a famous, beloved billionaire. He didn’t need to do this but he did and will keep fighting no matter the cost, apparently.
— Watsername (@chronicparent) October 3, 2023
Yet, there was one prominent name missing from this year’s edition: Donald Trump. Forbes reported that his fortune fell to $2.6 billion placing him under their cutoff point causing him drop off for second time in three years, all resulting in loss of net worth instead of gain while serving as president.
The New York Post reports he first dropped off the list back in 1990s after bad investments but rebuilt his empire before getting back on again only to slip away again this past year with current set of attacks disguised as “lawsuits” launched by biased left wing prosecutors aimed at destroying his fortune and putting him jail for fabricated crimes against the state.
To fight for the country, Trump is losing his fortune as the state throws everything they have at him.
In contrast, the corrupt politicians and state enrich themselves by fleecing the treasury of its citizens.
Those on the left jump for joy at his demise and ultimately their…
— Kurt Schemers (@KurtSchemers) October 4, 2023
The news brought out a wave of support among those loyal supporters including Chadwick Moore who pointed out Trump wealth is built on real businesses people can visit, touch and meet people that work there as opposed to other politicians selling name influence without benefiting anyone else.
Several also noted how unlike Biden, he never took salary as president and donated it away to charities for four years in office plus didn’t materially enrich himself.
This showed true patriotism without expectation, reward or financial gain.
